Category Archives: LGBT Issues

WEST HOLLYWOOD — The city conducts its annual celebration of the artistic contributions of the LGBT community with its One City One Pride LGBT Arts Festival. The festival runs for 40 days, from Harvey Milk Day May 22 through June 30, which marks the end of Pride Month. With the theme of “I Remember,” this…

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials announced an effort Dec. 1 aimed at significantly reducing the number of annual HIV infections in the county and helping bring an end to the virus that causes AIDS. Nearly 61,000 people are living with HIV in Los Angeles County, and about 1,850 new cases are diagnosed…

Gemmel Moore has been labeled by some as a homeless black prostitute and a gay sex worker since being found dead of a drug overdose last July in the home of a white, politically powerful West Hollywood businessman. Gemmel’s friends and family, however, say such labels are unwarranted and are merely part of an orchestrated…